If there is no rugulation on this technology pretty soon we can see RFID tags that point you out in a mall, and tell the mall owners what shops you've gone to and what you've bought or looked at. So this is logical that these people are trying to limit the technology in its early stages.
What is better a standard forced by law, or a standard forced the one holding the biggest piece of the pie. There is not way around standards, there has to be one way to interconnect and communicate with everything, like that IBM commercial there is no universal adapter, and the only way to reach this adapter is through standards.
Some independent research would in order to answer your questions, however look at it this way, if you agree with the EFF and you know they do some lobbying, why wouldn't you give them any money? Would you rather support someone that shares your views but never wins? or you rather keep your money and never be heard?
There a many bills that go through without those reprensenting it having any idea what the bill is about, that is a fact, nothing will change that. However, I am glad to know that Gov Owens was willing to listen and make the right choice concerning this bill.
There was an AE special on hacking with various mentions to you, any idea how to get a copy of it? My university library has not been able to purchase a copy through the company that owns the documentary, and AE seemed to never retrasnmit that specific show.
For $40/month you are dreaming, have you considered the hardware costs on this? Or will those be passed on to the tax payer through properties taxes? I love the idea, but man there is no way a household is ready for fiber to their doorstep. First, like I mentioned the hardware costs. Second, what will be people do with the bandwidth? If you do accomplish this, you might see a sudden spike of every 0day, pr0n server in the nation concetrated in the sleepy town of Hanover, OH.
I think this can be said about most open source programs, they will take longer to be designed, developed, and distributed. A lot of these projects are not being chased by hard datelines, downsizing, higher up pressure. These projects are most for the love of open source, and most importantly the availability of time from the coders.
Couldn't agree more, Moz is great, but Opera is hands down the fastest, most configurable, lightest browser I have ever dealt with. Perhaps a joint venture could emerge, I shall call him Mozera.
Do you think statistics are nothing more of a marketing tool, and should the open source community use these numbers (usually squeued) to get some leverage when promoting open source alternatives to the higher ups?
"Microsoft is requiring users who want the IRM functionality to be running Windows Server 2003, Microsoft Passport and a special Client Access License (CAL). Microsoft is offering Office Beta 2 customers who do not have Windows Server 2003 a free, hosted version of IRM to test."
So you mean, I, my co workers, those who I do business with, and their coworkers, and those who they do business with, and..., have to upgrade?
Yes, many of the trash right now is relatively small, however when doe sit get "big" enought to clean it, if you wait and wait until it really becomes a problem, then it is already to late. And this has nothing to do with the Columbia, the trash is in a totally different part of the atmosphere.
The only reason they are doing this is to "show" the world or the investors, "we are commited to integrity, and will not tolerate blah blah blah" This will more than likely be a marketing ploy, or if something big does happen maybe they can place the blame on everyone and not just the top honchos.
A bit offtopic, but this is how I do security around here:
In my case, I worry about the outside in, not really the inside out.
1) I run all machines through port scans, and ensure that none of them have the ability to run web/ftp/game servers, ensuring that the machines are not giving out information to the world through open ports, makes me sleep a little better at night.
2) Scare the living crap out of my users, train them to hell, and contantly remind them of what they can't and can do, let them know about the new virus, the new hack, and how THEY can prevent this to happen to them. Change their passwords often, do not let them leave their computers logged in. And if they are bad, I have persmission to strike them down, by removing internet surfing, or other "goodies". etc, etc.
It is not much of an "audit" but thats the way I do my workstation security around here.
I was given a written exam when I took my job, it was not so much about my computer knowledge, that was an oral and hands on exam. However the written part was about time management, how would I react to different situations, what would I do if 3 different people came to me asking me to do something, etc, etc.
Giving a written exam is completely understandable, and it helps to find out how their writing skills are, something that is extremely important in IT and seems to be such a lacking skill.
I saw someone get hit by a car last week, I guess its time to make cars illegal. Your logic makes no sense, what you do with your time, in the privacy of your home is your business. Your decision to use technology for illegal purposes is your perogotive, but for every illegal use of a product there are 1000 legal and legitimate uses. The possibilities are there, slashdot is about the free trade of information, it is only the means, not the way.
First of all, that article absolutely sucked, where are the details? Next, perhaps KMart bought some custom made software from MS that MS just licenced to them, remember Windows and Office are not the only software MS has. So perhaps this is what MS is fighting, they are fighting the sale of software made specifically for kmart. Then again, I could be on crack and I have no idea what I am talking about since I have no information.
It is not just the fact that cellphone take one hand away from the wheel it is also the dialing, the looking for a phonenumber, the dropping your cell phone and looking for it under your seat, while keeping one eye on the road and the foot on a the pedal. Until, a car product can get rid of these "dangers" that cell phone cause, things will remain the same.
Although I find ADA making comliant sites a PITA, there are no clear defined guidelines, atleast in Texas there are not, specially in academia. We have been waiting for a year for some "rules" to come down, but nothing yet. Now this. It always seems that someone has to loose some money in order for the wheels to start moving. Perhaps we need a browser that doesn read the actual but "sees" the layout/navigation and it understands and reads that off to the user.
absolutely useless, leave your house door and wait and count how many people come in? So we don't need to make a secured network, all we need to do is "manage" how many people are walking through our door. And do what, beat them with a broom stick? Another reason this is useless, (atleast in my area) the driving community is somewhat closeknit so the moment someond detects one of these pots, it will be all over the net, thus making the product/services useless.
It might not be a breakthrough but let me know when every joe blow accomplishes this:
Quote:"The TAM model will be flown by a pilot using standard R/C hobby gear to a planned cruising altitude of about 1500 ft. There it will be put into an autonomous mode, steered by global position satellite signals and an on-board microprocessor. The flight of about 1950 miles is expected to take about 45 hours at 45 mph. No tailwind will be needed although there probably will be one. The position of the airplane, as well as technical data about altitude, speed, engine rpm, and some autopilot functions will be telemetered to satellites and returned to monitors on both sides of the ocean. On arrival at its destination, an R/C pilot will take over control and land the model."
Nothing but media hype you would think that movies like Deep Impact just came out last week. Honestly what can *we* do if we do find out we are going to die in 60 years? Quit our jobs and move to the country?
dam(U but I can only live without net usage for 3 days max)
That "experiment" was rather useless, first they used a woman as the From person, the lonely computer geeks immediatly saw "fresh meat" printed all accross the email, so they wanted to be helpful but also help themselves. Next, the email required the person to actually respond. How many of us have actually recevied spam that wants to "talk" with us? Other than ofcourse the African millionare that wants to use your bank account to extract money out of the contry.
In conclusion this article proves nothing, and the fact that spam is on the rise proves 1 of 2 things. Merchants investing on spam are idiots or people buying products that see adverstise on spam are idiots.
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If there is no rugulation on this technology pretty soon we can see RFID tags that point you out in a mall, and tell the mall owners what shops you've gone to and what you've bought or looked at. So this is logical that these people are trying to limit the technology in its early stages.
Are you taking any precautions for your clash with the RIAA/MPAA?
What is better a standard forced by law, or a standard forced the one holding the biggest piece of the pie. There is not way around standards, there has to be one way to interconnect and communicate with everything, like that IBM commercial there is no universal adapter, and the only way to reach this adapter is through standards.
Some independent research would in order to answer your questions, however look at it this way, if you agree with the EFF and you know they do some lobbying, why wouldn't you give them any money? Would you rather support someone that shares your views but never wins? or you rather keep your money and never be heard?
There a many bills that go through without those reprensenting it having any idea what the bill is about, that is a fact, nothing will change that. However, I am glad to know that Gov Owens was willing to listen and make the right choice concerning this bill.
nt.
There was an AE special on hacking with various mentions to you, any idea how to get a copy of it? My university library has not been able to purchase a copy through the company that owns the documentary, and AE seemed to never retrasnmit that specific show.
Thanks, dam
For $40/month you are dreaming, have you considered the hardware costs on this? Or will those be passed on to the tax payer through properties taxes? I love the idea, but man there is no way a household is ready for fiber to their doorstep. First, like I mentioned the hardware costs. Second, what will be people do with the bandwidth? If you do accomplish this, you might see a sudden spike of every 0day, pr0n server in the nation concetrated in the sleepy town of Hanover, OH.
dam
I think this can be said about most open source programs, they will take longer to be designed, developed, and distributed. A lot of these projects are not being chased by hard datelines, downsizing, higher up pressure. These projects are most for the love of open source, and most importantly the availability of time from the coders.
Couldn't agree more, Moz is great, but Opera is hands down the fastest, most configurable, lightest browser I have ever dealt with. Perhaps a joint venture could emerge, I shall call him Mozera.
Do you think statistics are nothing more of a marketing tool, and should the open source community use these numbers (usually squeued) to get some leverage when promoting open source alternatives to the higher ups?
dam()
"Microsoft is requiring users who want the IRM functionality to be running Windows Server 2003, Microsoft Passport and a special Client Access License (CAL). Microsoft is offering Office Beta 2 customers who do not have Windows Server 2003 a free, hosted version of IRM to test."
..., have to upgrade?
So you mean, I, my co workers, those who I do business with, and their coworkers, and those who they do business with, and
Yes, many of the trash right now is relatively small, however when doe sit get "big" enought to clean it, if you wait and wait until it really becomes a problem, then it is already to late. And this has nothing to do with the Columbia, the trash is in a totally different part of the atmosphere.
dam(u)
The only reason they are doing this is to "show" the world or the investors, "we are commited to integrity, and will not tolerate blah blah blah" This will more than likely be a marketing ploy, or if something big does happen maybe they can place the blame on everyone and not just the top honchos.
A bit offtopic, but this is how I do security around here:
In my case, I worry about the outside in, not really the inside out.
1) I run all machines through port scans, and ensure that none of them have the ability to run web/ftp/game servers, ensuring that the machines are not giving out information to the world through open ports, makes me sleep a little better at night.
2) Scare the living crap out of my users, train them to hell, and contantly remind them of what they can't and can do, let them know about the new virus, the new hack, and how THEY can prevent this to happen to them. Change their passwords often, do not let them leave their computers logged in. And if they are bad, I have persmission to strike them down, by removing internet surfing, or other "goodies". etc, etc.
It is not much of an "audit" but thats the way I do my workstation security around here.
I was given a written exam when I took my job, it was not so much about my computer knowledge, that was an oral and hands on exam. However the written part was about time management, how would I react to different situations, what would I do if 3 different people came to me asking me to do something, etc, etc.
Giving a written exam is completely understandable, and it helps to find out how their writing skills are, something that is extremely important in IT and seems to be such a lacking skill.
dam(U)
I saw someone get hit by a car last week, I guess its time to make cars illegal. Your logic makes no sense, what you do with your time, in the privacy of your home is your business. Your decision to use technology for illegal purposes is your perogotive, but for every illegal use of a product there are 1000 legal and legitimate uses. The possibilities are there, slashdot is about the free trade of information, it is only the means, not the way.
dam(u)
First of all, that article absolutely sucked, where are the details? Next, perhaps KMart bought some custom made software from MS that MS just licenced to them, remember Windows and Office are not the only software MS has. So perhaps this is what MS is fighting, they are fighting the sale of software made specifically for kmart. Then again, I could be on crack and I have no idea what I am talking about since I have no information.
dam(u)
It is not just the fact that cellphone take one hand away from the wheel it is also the dialing, the looking for a phonenumber, the dropping your cell phone and looking for it under your seat, while keeping one eye on the road and the foot on a the pedal. Until, a car product can get rid of these "dangers" that cell phone cause, things will remain the same.
dam(U)
Although I find ADA making comliant sites a PITA, there are no clear defined guidelines, atleast in Texas there are not, specially in academia. We have been waiting for a year for some "rules" to come down, but nothing yet. Now this. It always seems that someone has to loose some money in order for the wheels to start moving. Perhaps we need a browser that doesn read the actual but "sees" the layout/navigation and it understands and reads that off to the user.
Cause it has no idea what the hell they are supposed to do.
What is the purpose of this? Do they really expect people who do not use IIS to use Passport? To what purpose? Think!
dam(u)
absolutely useless, leave your house door and wait and count how many people come in? So we don't need to make a secured network, all we need to do is "manage" how many people are walking through our door. And do what, beat them with a broom stick? Another reason this is useless, (atleast in my area) the driving community is somewhat closeknit so the moment someond detects one of these pots, it will be all over the net, thus making the product/services useless.
It might not be a breakthrough but let me know when every joe blow accomplishes this:
Quote:"The TAM model will be flown by a pilot using standard R/C hobby gear to a planned cruising altitude of about 1500 ft. There it will be put into an autonomous mode, steered by global position satellite signals and an on-board microprocessor. The flight of about 1950 miles is expected to take about 45 hours at 45 mph. No tailwind will be needed although there probably will be one. The position of the airplane, as well as technical data about altitude, speed, engine rpm, and some autopilot functions will be telemetered to satellites and returned to monitors on both sides of the ocean. On arrival at its destination, an R/C pilot will take over control and land the model."
dam(u)
Nothing but media hype you would think that movies like Deep Impact just came out last week. Honestly what can *we* do if we do find out we are going to die in 60 years? Quit our jobs and move to the country?
dam(U but I can only live without net usage for 3 days max)
That "experiment" was rather useless, first they used a woman as the From person, the lonely computer geeks immediatly saw "fresh meat" printed all accross the email, so they wanted to be helpful but also help themselves. Next, the email required the person to actually respond. How many of us have actually recevied spam that wants to "talk" with us? Other than ofcourse the African millionare that wants to use your bank account to extract money out of the contry.
In conclusion this article proves nothing, and the fact that spam is on the rise proves 1 of 2 things. Merchants investing on spam are idiots or people buying products that see adverstise on spam are idiots.